Autobiographical memory in older adults with and without depressive symptoms

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-57

  Serrano, Juan Pedro ^a   Latorre, José Miguel ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Depressive symptoms; Experiment; Mood; Overgenerality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846377864     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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